Chinmay Sutar, a Mizoram batter, created history on October 19, 2026, in the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2026/27 season. He broke Prithvi Shaw’s record for the second-highest individual score in Ranji Trophy history as he smashed 400* against Nagaland at the Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima.
Nagaland captain Hokaito Zhimomi won the toss and chose to bowl first against Mizoram. Saurav Kumar and Neizekho Rupreo gave them a good start with three easy wickets. But Chinmay Sutar was the one Nagaland couldn’t dislodge.
Sutar held one end up and got support from Manender Singh (27) and keeper Jehu Anderson (69), with whom he added 168 runs for the fifth wicket. Mizoram kept losing wickets at the other end, but Sutar soldiered on and eventually became only the second Indian batter to score 400 in Ranji Trophy and First-Class cricket.
He made 400* in 517 balls with 46 fours and 7 sixes, as Mizoram declared their first innings on 581/9. Anil Gupta picked 3/143, while Rupreo and Saurav picked two wickets each for Nagaland.
During his incredible knock, Sutar also went past Prithvi Shaw in the all-time list and is now second in the standings for the highest scores in Ranji Trophy history. Shaw scored 379 off 383 balls against Assam back in 2023.
Highest individual scores in Ranji Trophy history:
- 443* - Bhausaheb Babasaheb Nimbalkar
- 400*- Chinmay Sutar
- 379 - Prithvi Shaw
- 377 - Sanjay Manjrekar
- 366 - M.V. Sridhar
- 366 - Tanmay Agarwal
Chinmay Sutar also joined an elite list of batters in First-Class history to make 400 runs in one innings.
List of batters to 400 or more runs in one innings in FC history:
- Brian Lara – 501* for Warwickshire vs Durham, Birmingham, 2 June 1994
- Hanif Mohammad – 499 for Karachi vs Bahawalpur, Karachi, 8 January 1959
- Don Bradman – 452* for NSW vs Queensland, Sydney, 3 January 1930
- Bhausaheb Babasaheb Nimbalkar- 443* for Maharashtra vs Kathiawar, Pune, 16 December 1948
- Bill Ponsford – 437 for Victoria vs Queensland, Melbourne, 16 December 1927
- Bill Ponsford – 429 for Victoria vs Tasmania, Melbourne, 2 February 1923
- Aftab Baloch – 428 for Sind vs Baluchistan, Karachi, 18 February 1974
- Archie MacLaren – 424 for Lancashire vs Somerset, Taunton, 15 July 1895
- Sam Northeast – 410* for Glamorgan vs Leicestershire, Leicester, 20 July 2022
- Graeme Hick – 405* for Worcestershire vs Somerset, Taunton, 5 May 1988
- Brian Lara – 400* for West Indies vs England, St John's, 10 April, 2004
- Chinmay Sutar - 400* for Mizoram vs Nagpur, Sovima, 19 October, 2026
Sutar played for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, which is the domestic 50-over league, after showing good performances in the domestic leagues. In June, he led MSC Maratha Royals to defend their title in the Mumbai T20 League with two successive half-centuries.
Before the commencement of the 2026-27 season, Sutar got a NoC from the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) and made his debut for Mizoram in the first game of the season against Manipur, where he scored 35 and 99 runs, respectively.
